[R] analyzing results from Tuesday's US elections

Mon Nov 9 18:55:53 CET 2020

Publish the results/graphs please, like to see what your are doing.

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From: Matthew McCormack [mailto:mccormack using molbio.mgh.harvard.edu] 
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2020 6:14 PM
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Subject: Re: [R] analyzing results from Tuesday's US elections

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On 11/9/20 9:23 AM, Alexandra Thorn wrote:
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> Matthew McCormack <mccormack using molbio.mgh.harvard.edu> wrote:
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>> You can try here: 
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>> I think they have what you are looking for. From their website:
>>
>> "Create a FREE account to access up to the minute election results 
>> and insights on all U.S. Federal elections. Decision Desk HQ & 
>> Øptimus provide live election night coverage, race-specific results 
>> including county-level returns, and exclusive race probabilities for 
>> key battleground races."
>>
>>      Also, this article provides a little, emphasis on little, of 
>> statistical analysis of election results, but it may be a place to 
>> start.
>>
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>> eaking-2020-11-08-5
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>> Matthew
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>> On 11/8/20 11:25 PM, Bert Gunter wrote:
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>>> NYT  had interactive maps that reported  votes by county. So try 
>>> contacting them.
>>>
>>>
>>> Bert
>>>
>>> On Sun, Nov 8, 2020, 8:10 PM Abby Spurdle <spurdle.a using gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>> such a repository already exists -- the NY Times, AP, CNN, etc.
>>>>> etc.
>>>> already have interactive web pages that did this
>>>>
>>>> I've been looking for presidential election results, by 
>>>> ***county***. I've found historic results, including results for 
>>>> 2016.
>>>>
>>>> However, I can't find such a dataset, for 2020.
>>>> (Even though this seems like an obvious thing to publish).
>>>>
>>>> I suspect that the NY Times has the data, but I haven't been able 
>>>> to work where the data is on their website, or how to access it.
>>>>
>>>> More ***specific*** suggestions would be appreciated...?
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